In these turbulent times, we could all do with watching 85 Austrian children yodelling Toto’s Africa … and lo, the Eurovision Choir of the Year contest is born. But why isn’t the UK involved?
Eurovision season is upon us, with all eyes on preparations for the 2017 finals in the Ukrainian capital Kiev in May. This year’s event has been dogged by delays, walk-outs and general Euro-grumbling, so some uplifting news coming out of Eurovision HQ would be most welcome.
And if the Eurovision powers-that-be wanted to spread some joy, they could do a lot worse than dispensing with the daft rule about only six people being allowed on the stage at any one time; a petty regulation that has consistently denied Blazin’ Squad the opportunity to represent the United Kingdom. If these turbulent times have shown us anything, it’s that good things happen when lots of people unite for a common cause. Nothing would capture the spirit of Eurovision better than 30 Polish milkmaids/Russian grannies/Finnish rock gods, knee deep in dry ice, belting out a four-part harmony of Love Love Peace Peace.
And lo, my prayers have been answered. Today the European Broadcasting Union launched the inaugural Eurovision Choir of the Year, to be hosted in the Latvian capital Riga on 22 July. Before you get excited enough to look up Latvia on a map, the UK aren’t taking part, even though we’d definitely win. But before we tackle Britain’s unsurpassed choral supremacy, what can we expect from the very first Eurovision Choir of the Year? The official blurb tells me that only seven EBU member countries are currently confirmed (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Germany and Slovenia), with each nation performing a six-minute unaccompanied set, in any genre, with no limits on the number of singers.
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Eurovision season is upon us, with all eyes on preparations for the 2017 finals in the Ukrainian capital Kiev in May. This year’s event has been dogged by delays, walk-outs and general Euro-grumbling, so some uplifting news coming out of Eurovision HQ would be most welcome.
And if the Eurovision powers-that-be wanted to spread some joy, they could do a lot worse than dispensing with the daft rule about only six people being allowed on the stage at any one time; a petty regulation that has consistently denied Blazin’ Squad the opportunity to represent the United Kingdom. If these turbulent times have shown us anything, it’s that good things happen when lots of people unite for a common cause. Nothing would capture the spirit of Eurovision better than 30 Polish milkmaids/Russian grannies/Finnish rock gods, knee deep in dry ice, belting out a four-part harmony of Love Love Peace Peace.
And lo, my prayers have been answered. Today the European Broadcasting Union launched the inaugural Eurovision Choir of the Year, to be hosted in the Latvian capital Riga on 22 July. Before you get excited enough to look up Latvia on a map, the UK aren’t taking part, even though we’d definitely win. But before we tackle Britain’s unsurpassed choral supremacy, what can we expect from the very first Eurovision Choir of the Year? The official blurb tells me that only seven EBU member countries are currently confirmed (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Germany and Slovenia), with each nation performing a six-minute unaccompanied set, in any genre, with no limits on the number of singers.
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